Dietrich's # 1

One year ago from this morning at 6:17 am, Dietrich Mitchell Transtrum was born into our family. He has been such a blessing in our lives and a great source of laughter and happiness. We will be celebrating his birthday later today but I just wanted to write a little bit about him this morning. In Dietrich's first year on this earth he has learn a few things and as a proud father I want to share them.

1. Not only can he walk but he knows how to run
2. His favorite game is "lets chase and scare Dietrich until he laughs/cries"
3. He no longer likes baby food- only big boy food for him
4. He loves food more than anything else in the world and will do anything to get it
5. He prefers his dad over anyone in the world-even mom
6. When it is bed time he prefers his mom over anyone in the world- even dad
7. He knows American Sign Language for Eat, More, Drink, and Thank you
8. When you ask him where is nose is- 5 times out of 6 he points to his nose


9. Every time dad says "give mom kisses", he will find his mom and give her kisses
10. He now knows how to distort his face to make a sad face to get some pity- mostly laughs


We love Dietrich so much and are so thankful he was born into our family.




We were going to the Hogle Zoo today for Dietrich's Birthday but we got snowed in.

November Happenings

This year has gone by so fast. Our little Tricky is almost a year old and we cant believe it. Here are some pictures of our November fun.

Kristin ran a 5k with the girls in my family (Momma Lorraine, Chelsea, Jenna, and Emily) in St. George. They missed Ali but she was 9 months prego so that would have been bad if she ran the race.



I ran a 5k on Thanksgiving morning in 12 degree weather. It was crazy because I didnt know if I was drooling or snotting because my face was constantly wet. I have never ran in my life so I thought I did pretty good. I finished in 32 minutes. Check out the ice build up on my hat.


And of course we played in the snow. Dietrich didnt really like it. I think it was because his gloves kept falling off and his hands were cold. I was a good dad and taught him how to eat the snow (not the dirty yellow snow).



Thanksgiving was great! The Maxfields came up and we had fun and food all week long. We are so thankful for our family and friends who support us in everything we do. We are thankful for our health and happiness. We are thankful for Heavenly Father always taking care of us. We are thankful for our opportunities to grow and most of all we are thankful for the knowledge of the gospel. We love you all and hope your Thanksgiving was as wonderful as ours.

Tricky-or-Treat

Dietrich helped us carve our pumpkins this year and since it is always a competition, I need to announce the winner: Mitch and Dietrich with their scary version of President Obama. We finished the evening with trunk-or-treating at the church (but it was indoors because it was raining). Dietrich was the best looking skeleton boy there. He was so polite when trick-or-treating; he would always say "thank you", even if he didnt like the candy he got.







Happy Halloween!

Dietrich's first steps

On October 6, 2010, Dietrich, only 9 months and 7 days old, took his first steps. He took 4 steps toward Kristin when she really wasnt paying attention to him. Since then we have been trying to get it on video, and tonight was our lucky night. See for yourself how amazing our kid is. He's funny becuase he wont do it when you want him to, but when no one is looking, he will just walk all over the place.

Pics of Dietrich

We haven't posted anything in a long time so here are some pictures of our handsome son.

Lemons make us laugh

Dietrich climbing the stairs

D is so Strong

Dietrich has been amazing us with his recent expeditions:

-He has been crawing since 5 months and just keeps getting better and faster
-He can go from crawling to standing, holding onto the couch or something
-At 7 months he is pulling himself up on things like the treadmill
-Just last night, at 7 1/2 months, Kristin was giving him a bath and he stood up and then let go of the side of the tub and was standing all by himself for about 10 seconds, then he grabbed the side of the tub again and sat down.

We will try to get pictures next time of our amazing son.

July 2010

We have had alot of fun in July. See the pictures below.

4th of July with Friends in Idaho Falls.


Idaho Falls Chukars Baseball game with our friends, Randy and Suzie.





Vegas Trip to visit the Maxfields. Papa Chip and Dietrich.



Yellowstone

Farwell Dougie!!!

We are going to miss you so much and hope that these next 2 years go by fast. We are so proud of you and can't wait for all the stories you have about serving in Peru. You are an amazing young man, you are so strong in the gospel, and you are going to be a great missionary, the people in Cuzco, Peru are so fortunate to have you for the next couple years. Can't wait to see you soon. Love ya!